Software Testing Automation Engineer
Aurora Technology BV
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Quality Assurance / Control
Happiness of our employees has proven key to obtaining excellent results and a client who also regards us highly for excellent service.
Specific tasks
- Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks and test scripts for Galileo ground systems, based on system requirements.
- Develop continuous integration / continuous testing (CI/CT) pipelines to support system validation and regression testing.
- Analyse requirements and translate them into test cases and automation scenarios.
- Perform integration and validation testing of complex ground control and mission systems.
- Ensure test traceability against requirements in compliance with ESA/EUSPA standards.
- Collaborate with system engineers, L2 engineers, software developers, and quality managers to improve test coverage and reliability.
- Contribute to test reporting, defect tracking, and root cause analysis.
- Identify, document, and track defects using tools like JIRA.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field.
- Proven experience in test automation development and integration testing.
- Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks (e.g., Robot Framework, Ansible, Selenium, PyTest, JUnit, Cucumber, etc.).
- Understanding of Agile methodologies
- Experience with Python, and/or Java, or C++ for scripting and test automation.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI,…).
- Familiarity with Linux environments and scripting (Bash, Shell).
- Understanding of software testing methodologies (unit, integration, system, regression).
- Experience with requirements management & traceability tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
- Fluency in English (spoken and written).
- Willingness to learn basic Spanish if not already proficient.
- Previous experience in space, aviation, or safety-critical systems.
- Knowledge of ECSS standards, Galileo, or other GNSS-related programmes.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or virtualization for test environments.
- Certification in software testing.
- All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and SWISS citizens can be employed by Aurora in Spain.
- Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University.
- In line with security requirements, prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident, and Aurora will validate your employment history.
The work will be performed at the growing and recently inaugurated DLR second location in Madrid (Spain).
Contract
- The selected candidate will receive good remuneration.
- You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain.
- The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday.
- In addition to public health services Aurora provides private medical insurance in Spain (the inclusion into the private health insurance policy is at the discretion of the insurance provider).
- Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included.
- Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation.
Prior to 2026-01-07, please apply via our Job application form.
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About the company
Company website•Defense and Space Manufacturing
Aurora, formed in 1995, is part of SSC Group (Swedish Space Corporation), and firmly established within the Space industry as a support company providing a high level of service. Since 1 January 2010, the company is owned by SSC subsidiary LSE Space which complements and increases our ability to provide solutions.
Aurora's core business activity is the provision of engineers and scientists as on-site support.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is our main client.
As a company, we provide a broad level of support and increase staff deployment possibilities, while still maintaining a streamlined management. Aurora successfully supplies engineering and scientific support services to ESTEC & ESAC, whereas LSE is a leading supplier of Operations Engineering services to ESOC and GSOC. Together we employ over one hundred professional engineers, scientists, and high level administration staff providing solutions and services for design, development and operations of spacecraft, payload and ground segments.
We are a multinational team with more than 25 different nationalities; all experience the adventure of working and living in an international environment. The exposure to different cultural values and different societies means that the awareness and tolerance within the team is enhanced. Becoming culturally intelligent is a key requirement for the success of our business in a professional as well as social context.
The employees are our key resource and we support them in order to progress their careers successfully. We employ individuals with a high level of qualification and motivation who are also flexible in order to meet the challenges of the tasks to be performed. We encourage all staff to remain at the leading edge of the skills curve via a continuous training and education programme and combine this with a generous remuneration package. Regular staff dialogues and feed back on ongoing assignments are part of the LSE and AURORA culture.